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type: "Bill"
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title: "Drug Control Act; Schedule I."
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description: "Adds certain chemical substances to Schedule I of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances to Schedule I in an expedited regulatory process. A substance added via this process is removed from the schedule after 18 months unless a general law is enacted adding the substance to the schedule. The bill also removes two substances, benzylfentanyl and thienylfentanyl, from Schedule I. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1610"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1610 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["T. Scott Garrett"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-03"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50a2b4a3-1e68-478c-bae4-3cb6f113730e"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1610"
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source_hash: "6fdb6e88a5c382ccb6bc41c6aaba1e95363898971b36306cb9ca01b6034967d5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1610 (2017) — Drug Control Act; Schedule I.
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Adds certain chemical substances to Schedule I of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances to Schedule I in an expedited regulatory process. A substance added via this process is removed from the schedule after 18 months unless a general law is enacted adding the substance to the schedule. The bill also removes two substances, benzylfentanyl and thienylfentanyl, from Schedule I. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0414)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0414)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1610ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1610ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101921D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1610)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101921D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1610E)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate with amendments — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **92–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- T. Scott Garrett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101921D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-03** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-19** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-19** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-01-19** Engrossed by House as amended HB1610E
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- **2017-01-19** Printed as engrossed 17101921D-E
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- **2017-01-20** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (92-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-13** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2017-02-13** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2017-02-15** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-15** Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 414 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50a2b4a3-1e68-478c-bae4-3cb6f113730e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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